M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2025-02-21 |
| Target | bluebird bio |
| Sector | Life Science |
| Buyer(s) |
The Carlyle Group
SK Capital Partners |
| Deal Type | Going Private |
| Advisor(s) | Leerink Partners (Financial) Latham & Watkins (Legal) |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1987 |
| PE ASSETS | 435.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 745 of 745 |
| Sector (Life Science) | 20 of 20 |
| Type (Going Private) | 36 of 36 |
| State (Massachusetts) | 15 of 15 |
| Country (United States) | 350 of 350 |
| Year (2025) | 1 of 1 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-16 |
Forgital
Vicenza , Italy Forgital manufactures seamless rolled rings in rectangular or profiled sections, as well as assembled fan modules, covering the largest range of sizes. It specializes in forging rolled rings, with technologically advanced capabilities across a broad range of materials, including titanium, nickel and cobalt alloys, carbon steel, alloy steel, stainless steel and aluminum. The company's Compact Supply Chain simplifies the production process of its customers through an integrated system of technologies and services that encompasses all the steps of the project: from the pre-processing to the post-processing phase (including finishing, welding, and macroetching). Forgital was founded in 1873 and is based in Vicenza, Italy. |
Sell | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-20 |
Ampere Computing
Santa Clara, California, United States Ampere Computing is a semiconductor company that built for the cloud with a modern 64-bit Arm server-based architecture, Ampere gives customers the freedom to accelerate the delivery of all cloud computing applications. Ampere processors are tailored for the continued growth of cloud and edge computing. Ampere Computing was founded in 2018 and is based in Santa Clara, California. |
Sell | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 |
| PE ASSETS | 4.9B USD |
| Size | Large |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
SK Capital Partners is a private investor in mature and middle-market companies located throughout North America. SK Capital focuses on companies with opportunities for substantial business improvement and strong growth prospects. The Firm looks to invest $100 to $200 million of equity in transactions valued up to $500 million. Prospective businesses typically generate $50 to $500 million in revenues and at least $100 million in EBITDA. Areas of interest include specialty materials, chemicals and healthcare. The Firm will consider a variety of transaction situations, including buyouts, recapitalizations, growth equity financings, and corporate carve-outs. SK Capital Partners was spun out of Arsenal Capital Partners and became independent in 2007. SK Capital Partners is based in New York City.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 42 of 43 |
| Sector (Life Science) | 6 of 6 |
| Type (Going Private) | 2 of 2 |
| State (Massachusetts) | 2 of 2 |
| Country (United States) | 28 of 28 |
| Year (2025) | 1 of 2 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-05 |
Spectra Confectionery
Vaughan, Ontario, Canada Spectra Confectionery is a manufacturer of premium decorative toppings and confectionery products. Spectra supplies sprinkles, nonpareils, chocolate vermicelli, colored sugar crystals, sugar shapes, and panned products to North America’s largest food distributors, bakeries, ice cream, and snack food companies. Spectra Confectionery was formed in 1996 and is headquartered in Vaughan, Ontario. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-06 |
PPT Holdings
Halifax, United Kingdom PPT Holdings (PPT) is a multi-national holding company that designs and manufactures physical property testing instrumentation focused on a wide range of end markets and applications. Each brand within PPT represents a category leader in their specific testing niche. PPT Holdings is based in Halifax, United Kingdom. |
Buy | - |
